post office

Business and Economy

Etna post office reopens after two-year closure

Kaitlyn Budion

The post office was closed in 2021 because of structural issues.

Nation

Maine AG Joins Other States In Suit Challenging Controversial USPS Changes

Jennifer Mitchell

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey, along with several other states' attorneys general, will push ahead with a lawsuit challenging a complement of changes…

Maine

Maine Postal Workers' Union Leaders Call On U.S. Postmaster To Permanently Reverse Recent Changes

Jennifer Mitchell

The unions representing mail carriers and postal workers in Maine are calling for U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to permanently reverse recent…

Amid mail delivery delays, the U.S. Census Bureau is planning to send additional paper forms to some households that have not yet responded to the 2020 census.

NPR News

Mail Delays Could Hurt The Census, Too

Hansi Lo Wang

After Oct. 7, the Census Bureau will stop accepting paper 2020 census forms postmarked by Sept. 30, NPR has learned. Some worry mail delays could harm the accuracy of census data about rural areas.

Maine

Delivery Delays Mean Shipments Of Chicks Are Dead When They Reach Their Destination

Mal Leary

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree says Mainers have been losing shipments of live chicks because of delivery delays by the postal service.Pingree says she is…

Politics

House Democrats Summon Postal Leaders To Hearing On Mail Delays

The Democratic-run House on Sunday demanded that leaders of the U.S. Postal Service testify at an emergency oversight hearing Aug. 24 on mail delays as…

Maine

Letter Written in Maine 83 Years Ago Delivered

Associated Press

SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) _ A letter written by a Maine school teacher in 1931 to her mother 150 miles away has finally been delivered...83 years…